Hans Brugmann

Hans Brugmann (13 June 1896-6 November 1918) was an Imperial German Army soldier during World War I.

Biography
Hans Brugmann was born in Kassel, Hessen, German Empire in 1896, and he was drafted into the Imperial German Army when World War I broke out. Brugmann became a grenadier in the Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment No. 306, and he fought in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in 1918 as the US Army and French Army pushed into the Vosges region. Brugmann was shot during the defense of the German trenches from invading Allied troops, but he managed to throw a hand grenade before he died, killing two Allied soldiers. He became a hero for his bravery at the end of his life, killing those who had shot him even after he had died.